F--L

foolishly simple bi-directional wildcards!

For the single directional wildcard, ie: test t*st, we adapted matcher to work for node 0.10 up to 8+

In the quest for the bi-directional wildcard, we have found a solution in converting the 2 search terms to a 2d matrix, which we iterate through to find diagonals, this is an adaption of Levenshtein's distance algorithm with wildcards

quickstart

npm i f--l --save

var expect = require('expect.js');
var Fool = require('f--l');

var noFoolLikeA = new Fool({cache:1000});//caches replies, default is false

expect(noFoolLikeA.matches('*te*st/mat', '*t*e*s*t*')).to.be(true);
expect(noFoolLikeA.matches('*te*st/mat', '*te*st*')).to.be(true);
expect(noFoolLikeA.matches('*e*ma*', '*test/mat')).to.be(true);
expect(noFoolLikeA.matches('*i*g1', '*str*ing*')).to.be(true);
expect(noFoolLikeA.matches('*ing1', '*ring*')).to.be(true);
expect(noFoolLikeA.matches('*ing', 'test/long string*')).to.be(true);
expect(noFoolLikeA.matches('test/long string*', '*st*ing')).to.be(true);
expect(noFoolLikeA.matches('test/lo*', 'test/long string*')).to.be(true);
expect(noFoolLikeA.matches('*/test/match', '*st*')).to.be(true);
expect(noFoolLikeA.matches('*/test/match', '*st/blah')).to.be(false);
expect(noFoolLikeA.matches('*test/match', '/test/mar*')).to.be(false);
expect(noFoolLikeA.matches('/test/mat*', '*test/march')).to.be(false);
expect(noFoolLikeA.matches('*/short','/test/complex/and/short')).to.be(true);
expect(noFoolLikeA.matches('/test*/short','/test/complex/and/short')).to.be(true);
expect(noFoolLikeA.matches('*/short','/test/complex/and/long')).to.be(false);
expect(noFoolLikeA.matches('/test*/short','/test/complex/and/short/')).to.be(false);

//for more f***ing around, have a look at the tests

performance:

supported node versions:

v0.10 - v8

caveats

• double wildcard matches are about 30% slower than single matches
• synchronous/blocking (this may or may not be a caveat)
• a wildcard is a placeholder for anything and nothing
• this is quite experimental - if you want to use this to land aircraft or operate cranes, please test, test, test and get back to me if you find anything that doesnt work